June 2018. Volume 14. Number 1

Rolandic epilepsy and cognitive dysfunction, is it really a benign entity?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Wickens S, Bowden SC, D'Souza W. Cognitive functioning in children with self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Epilepsia. 2017;58:1673-85.

Reviewers: Gimeno Díaz de Atauri Á1, Juanes de Toledo B2.
1Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital 12 de Octubre. Madrid. España.
2EAP Collado Villalba. Collado Villalba. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: Álvaro Gimeno Díaz de Atauri. Email: agimenodatauri@gmail.com
Reception date: 25/06/2018
Acceptance date: 28/05/2018
Publication date: 04/07/2018

Abstract

Authors’ conclusions: children with rolandic epilepsy display a profile of pervasive cognitive difficulties. These results challenge current conceptions of this kind of epilepsy as a benign disease or of limited specific or localized cognitive effect.

Reviewers’ commentary: although the limitations of the study make necessary to assess with caution the magnitude of the cognitive dysfunction in rolandic epilepsy, it seems clear that this association exists. Pediatricians have to be especially alert in these patients for the early detection of cognitive dysfunction in order to initiate interventions that improve their prognosis.

How to cite this article

Juanes de Toledo B, Gimeno Díaz de Atauri A. Epilepsia rolándica y disfunción cognitiva, ¿es realmente una entidad benigna? Evid Pediatr. 2018;14:6.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Wickens S, Bowden SC, D'Souza W. Cognitive functioning in children with self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Epilepsia. 2017;58:1673-85.

Reviewers: Gimeno Díaz de Atauri Á1, Juanes de Toledo B2.
1Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital 12 de Octubre. Madrid. España.
2EAP Collado Villalba. Collado Villalba. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: Álvaro Gimeno Díaz de Atauri. Email: agimenodatauri@gmail.com
Reception date: 25/06/2018
Acceptance date: 28/05/2018
Publication date: 04/07/2018

How to cite this article

Juanes de Toledo B, Gimeno Díaz de Atauri A. Epilepsia rolándica y disfunción cognitiva, ¿es realmente una entidad benigna? Evid Pediatr. 2018;14:6.

04/07/2018

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